December 16, 2008

Kanye West not on Twitter

From Dec. 10: That heavily circulated Kanye West Twitter response to Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert? It wasn't him. West, who was credited with saying "Who the f--- is Stephen Colbert?" in many media reports, responded on his blog with the equivalent of "What the f--- is Twitter?"

West posted "I don't know anything about this…This is not me!" with a screen shot of the Twitter page with his likeness, which has since been taken down. Colbert launched "Operation Humble Kanye" on his show to entice his viewers to buy his album and move it past West's 808s and Heartbreak. Both lost the week to Britney Spears.

Rolling Stone said the Twitter account wasn't updated enough to be credible, since Kanye blogs frequently every day.